Unable to terminate the secret agreement with the Jin Alliance, Qin Zong took unprecedented measures to suppress the fierce opponents.

Chen Dong, the head of the Tai students, was sent to prison, and the other loyal ministers were demoted, and the heavy ones were also deprived of their official positions.

Just when the hearts of the people in the Song Kingdom were fluctuating, Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, with the assistance of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, sent letters of surrender to all the local officials and generals he had promoted and appointed.

Although Zhao Ji, the former emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, has governed the country in a mess, he has been in power for decades, after all, there are some courtiers and generals who are loyal to him.

Because of Zhao Ji's influence, coupled with the fact that many Song officials saw the current situation, as well as their dissatisfaction with the alliance between Zhao Huan of Qinzong and the Jin State, the effect was remarkable.

The Yangtze River, which was heavily defended by Seed Master Dao and others, was fiercely attacked by the Imperial Royal East China Sea Fleet and the Royal Second Army.

Just as the Seed Master Dao was sending troops to defend, with the assistance of some officials and local generals of the Song Dynasty, Leonidas led the Imperial Royal Third Army to cross the Yangtze River from the vicinity of Zhenzhou.

The Imperial Army, which was fully equipped with muskets, did not have the impact power of the Jin cavalry troops when attacking, but when it came to defensive battles, the Imperial Infantry with sufficient ammunition could be said to be unrivaled in the world.

After Leonidas' 30,000 imperial soldiers landed, they immediately began to establish a defensive offensive and firmly nailed down on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

After receiving the news that the Imperial Army had crossed the river, the Seed Master Dao, who knew that something was wrong, personally led a heavy army to attack, but in the face of the Imperial Army, which had dug trenches, set up barbed wire and other defensive facilities, and was ready to hold on, the Song soldiers were slaughtered.

When several charges failed to attack the Imperial Army's position, the Seed Master Dao knew that the general situation was gone, and immediately issued an order for the entire army to retreat.

The loss of Zhenzhou on the Huainan East Road brought a chain reaction to the Yangtze River defense line built by the 200,000 troops of the Seed Master Road, and the Imperial Royal Third Army, which had a firm foothold, under the leadership of Leonidas, steadily attacked along the Yangtze River to the Huainan West Road.

Because the Imperial Royal Yellow Sea Fleet in the Yangtze River replenished the ammunition supply for the Third Army, Leonidas exerted the powerful attack power of the Imperial Army and defeated and expelled the Song defenders defending on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

With the Third Army, the Song army responsible for defense along the Yangtze River was cleared, so soon Kress led the Imperial Royal Second Army, and Spartacus took the Imperial Royal First Army, Pang Wanchun's Imperial Royal Fourth Army, and crossed the Yangtze River in turn and came to the land of the Song State.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the seed division stationed on the southwest road of Beijing was afraid that they would be attacked by the major armies of the imperial army, so they hurriedly led their troops to retreat and withdrew from the Yangtze River defense line.

Although he kept the remaining 40,000 Song troops, he also released Sienna's Imperial Imperial Fifth Army.

After the five major armies of the empire crossed the Yangtze River together, there was no obstacle in front of them, and the Song State in front of them was like a delicious delicacy, waiting for the imperial army to devour.

The state capitals of the Huainan East Road and the West Road of the Song State were constantly captured by the imperial army, and it can even be said that many cities were sacrificed by the officials and generals of the Song State who surrendered.

The Song State, which had lost the hearts of the people and the army, now had no strength to resist the might of the imperial army, and wherever the imperial army went, it encountered fewer and fewer resistance attacks.

In the face of the invading attack of the five major legions of the empire, the Seed Master Dao, who knew that the general trend had gone, originally planned to save the last army for the Song State, so he fought and retreated, wanting to use the fortified cities along the way to consume the imperial army.

But soon, several messengers with the holy decree of the Qin Sect arrived, and strictly ordered the Seed Master Dao to defend on the spot, and not lose an inch of land!

Unable to resist the holy decree from Qinzong, he could only lead the whole army to prepare in Shouzhou and wait for the arrival of the imperial army.

After several battles of all sizes, there are still 120,000 Song troops under the command of the current Seed Master, of which 30,000 are equipped with the elite of the Song Kingdom's imitation muskets.

The first, second, third, and fourth armies of the empire entered the battlefield of Shouzhou, with a total strength of 120,000 troops, and the number of soldiers on both sides was equal.

When the Chinese Empire was not yet established, it relied on sophisticated equipment and made a name for winning more with less.

Now on the battlefield of Shouzhou, the strength of the two sides is equal, so the four leading generals of the empire took the initiative to start a fierce attack without hesitation.

He was a veteran of a lifetime of fighting, and he would use all means to deal with the enemy, so he did not fight the Imperial Army outside the city, but withdrew all his soldiers into the fortified Shouzhou City, intending to use this fortified city to resist the attack of the Imperial Army.

In the past, the best way to deal with a heavily defended fortified city was to use large siege equipment such as catapults, rushing carts, and ladders, but now this is different.

The artillery of the Imperial Army has made great progress after being transformed by Ling Zhen of the 'Thundering Sky', and later it was upgraded again after getting the Western cast iron cannon equipped on the 'Sea King'.

Nowadays, all the major legions of the empire have set up artillery battalions, which are also equipped with the latest 'Victory-class' cannons developed by the Imperial Arsenal.

At this time, the artillery in front of Shouzhou City fired in unison, although the cannon of the Imperial Army still fired solid shells that would not explode, but the damage to the city walls and city gates was still terrible.

When several shells bombarded the city of Shouzhou City in a row, the huge impact force made the cannonballs penetrate directly into it, and the screams of the Song soldiers were suddenly heard in the city gate, and I don't know how many unlucky people were hit by the cannonballs.

There were many holes in the heavy wooden gate, and it is conceivable that if this heavy gate was hit enough times, it would soon be breached.

Standing on the city tower, the planter said that his eyebrows were as deep as locks, and he looked at the imperial army's calm offensive with a slightly sad face.

Seed Master Dao knew that there should be no reinforcements from the Song Kingdom, but the city was full of dense black-clothed imperial soldiers, who did not adopt the previous imperial siege method and desperately climbed up to die, but waited quietly to the side, waiting for the city gate to collapse under constant artillery bombardment.

Although the Cultivator Dao had ordered someone to fill the city gate hole with masonry and earth, he didn't know how long he could hold this city if he continued at this pace.

"Dashuai, Ximen has been hit by enemy artillery in a row, and it has collapsed!" Chong Hao, the eldest son of the seed master, hurried to the city tower to report.

Hearing this, the seed master Dao hurriedly ordered: "You personally lead people to block the West City Gate, and you must not let the imperial army enter the city!" ”

Not long after Chong Hao left after receiving the order, Chong Xi, the second son of Chong Shi Dao, also rushed over with a hurry, and it turned out that the artillery of the Imperial Army at the East City Gate was also difficult to defeat, and it also began to crumble.

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